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If you do not get the Navi, you will have a harder time reselling it later when you are competing with all the other X5d that will be available that have Navigation in them.Good luck. I wish I had gotten the Comfort Seating rather than just the Sport seats that came with my Sport package

Why does this matter?
CAUSE EVERY TIME someone says Lexus has better build quality, one should consider what Toyota their Lexus Engine and chassis platform comes out of and how long that part has been tested in the real world!

As for the rest of you, learn to read. I told you I left off the features intentionally. I've been buying BMW's for over 10 years and been a member on here for almost 8.

Concerning NAV it was left off intentionally. I have it in both of our BMW's at this time and we simply do not use it anymore. It is a 2nd class NAV at best and is incredibly hard to use when a city could be in several counties. Our family, and for that matter most of my employees, have been using WAZE for NAV and traffic updates. Running that App on an iPad MINI with Verizon LTE is hands down better. As for resell, do you really think the resell will be impacted by the reduction? Think again. Go to Edmunds/KBB/or whatever you use and price out a 2007 x5 without those features and compare it to one with. Pennies is all you're talking about.

As for the rest of you, learn to read. I told you I left off the features intentionally. I've been buying BMW's for over 10 years and been a member on here for almost 8.

Concerning NAV it was left off intentionally. I have it in both of our BMW's at this time and we simply do not use it anymore. It is a 2nd class NAV at best and is incredibly hard to use when a city could be in several counties. Our family, and for that matter most of my employees, have been using WAZE for NAV and traffic updates. Running that App on an iPad MINI with Verizon LTE is hands down better. As for resell, do you really think the resell will be impacted by the reduction? Think again. Go to Edmunds/KBB/or whatever you use and price out a 2007 x5 without those features and compare it to one with. Pennies is all you're talking about.

Again - thanks to those who actually answered my question.

You're getting a fantastic deal. $10k off is great for a custom order. You're right in line with everyone else.

That being said, I agree with you that iDrive NAV sucks, but KBB doesn't tell the whole story.

Someone buying a used BMW will buy the one with NAV 9 out of 10 times over the one without. It's not just NAV, you get the larger screen, backup cameras, HDD, etc.